Liz Garton Scanlon is the author of nearly 20 beloved picture books, including All the World, which received a Caldecott Honor and which School Library Journal called "perfection" in a starred review. Her other picture books include I Want a Boat! and Thank You, Garden, as well as the upcoming The World's Best Class Plant (May 2023.)Scanlon is on the faculty of the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is a frequent and popular presenter at schools, festivals and conferences. She lives in Austin, Texas. Bibsy Cross is her first chapter book.

Dung Ho is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling picture book Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, which was featured in Forbes, Oprah Daily, The Cut, and Book Riot. It also received three starred reviews and was a School Library Journal, Bank Street, and Kirkus Best Book of the Year. Dung also illustrated its companion picture book, Eyes that Speak to the Stars. She studied graphic design at the Hue University College of Arts and then worked in the design and advertising industry before pivoting to illustration. Born and raised in Hue, Vietnam, Dung now lives in Ho Chi Minh City.